Varnishing

• Glossy or matte offset varnish - it is applied using offset technology (the same as printing), used mainly to protect the print against smearing or abrasion, as well as to increase the aesthetic value of the product. Offset varnish gives the entire page a uniform matte or glossy character, eliminating, for example, the undesirable shine of paint on a matte surface. Offset varnish is the cheapest form of protecting the printed surface.
• Selective UV varnish - applied using screen printing technology, cured with UV radiation, it is hard and has a very high gloss (much higher than offset varnish). The main use of this varnish is to decorate selected fragments of exclusive advertising materials. UV varnish, when applied to selected areas, gives them a high gloss. To obtain the best visual effect, UV varnish should be combined with matte foiling.

Preparing the mask for selective varnish:

• duplicate the graphic design page of the work to be painted
• replace all design elements that are supposed to be shiny with black
• remove remaining design elements
• save the work prepared in this way to PDF
• the result should be a PDF file in which the printed page is first and the mask is second
• in the case of multi-sided work, the printing side and the varnish mask must appear alternately.